Saad worked with us on the Safe AI Forum (SAIF), which started out as a fiscally-sponsored project of FAR.AI before launching as an indepedent non-profit in 2025. Prior to his work at SAIF, Saad was a management consultant at Bain and Company, and a Winter Fellow at the Centre for the Governance of AI, where he focused on identifying areas of potential Sino-western cooperation on AI safety and governance. Saad holds a MA in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University and BA in Politics and Anthropology from the University of Cambridge.